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Despite an expected onslaught of typhoons in the third quarter, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) anticipates that consumer prices, particularly for rice, will continue to decline, but weather disturbances are expected to drive up vegetable costs. “Certain items, such as vegetables, are...

While consumer price increases rose slightly in June to 1.4 percent from May 's five-and-a-half-year low of 1.3 percent, a substantial drop in rice prices to their lowest in three decades since 1995 helped temper the overall inflation, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)....

The country’s unemployment and underemployment rates marginally increased in April this year, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) on Friday, June 6. According to the latest Labor Force Survey, the national unemployment rate increased to 4.1 percent in April, up...

While the Philippine economy’s growth missed the lower end of the government’s six to eight percent target, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said the growth across major sectors further fuels the agency’s confidence in achieving the full-year growth goal. “The fact that all...